One of thecharactersthatneed special attentionarethe endangeredBatakscriptassociatedwith limitedsources of dataandinformation.In contrast to theliteratureandculture ofJavais quiteexist,Batakscriptis stillvery minimalunderstood bythe public.Even most of theBatak peoplethemselvesare unaware of theBatakscript.

Most of theBatakliteraturewas never written.Folklorein the form offables,mythsandlegends,for instance, andumpasa,torhan-torhanan,turiturian,huling-hulinganallderivedonlyorallyfrom generationto generation.